Tuesday, January 25, 2011

as last year drew to a closea few pictures were taken ( not by me )of my work in places . . .above a beautiful photo taken by the talentedbrisbane photographer mark loboat the brisbane summer finders keepers marketthese ornaments have never looked nicer !

at the same marketmy friend alischa took some of my poetry potssitting on the amazing backdrop i was lucky enough to have on my stall . . .an old falling down piano

i love that the text sways like the keysas the bowls sit on them . . .lyrical really . . .

and one of my favourite shotsfrom the wedding of the lovely alarna from little jane streether husband david ( who loves clouds )wore instead of flowers on his lapelone of my cloud brooches . . .. . . and such a great snap by their amazing weddingphotographer jonas peterson. . .

just swell all these snaps . . .i've been meaning to share them for a while

they make my hard work feel like it glows in placesand through others eyes that i can't capturecos i'm too close to it all . . . you know ?

Sunday, January 23, 2011

sad and surreal for a few weeks now . . .but as is the nature of lifeit must go on . . .

even when it is hard when so many around us havesuch a long road to recovery ahead . . .

we must keep our heads up and get on with things,keep industry going, support locals,continue to help in what ever way we can . . .

my studio girls are back this weekand much organising and arranging has been happeningbehind the scenes to prepare for our busy year ahead

one special thing that has made my weekis the addition of a new piece of equipment ( of sorts )for the studio . . . ( image above )it is the simple things sometimes . . .

the trick to working in our lovely space is just that . . .space . . .there is an amazing viewbut not much square footage to work withso we must improvise . . .this is ok most of the time,but last year we introduced a new system to one of ourproduction processes . . . spraying the glaze on !!!

my friend sean, helped menot be afraid of an air-compressorand all the technical info that comes with it,and he showed and helped me understandthe process as a whole . . .

i have to say for the 'production' side of my workhis help has changed my working life !

so six months ago i bought one (a compressor),and face mask, and made temporary spray boxout of pieces of ply that were dismantled after each use . . .

this is where the story brings us . . .in the last week my dad has made this spray box . . .compact,sits on the table neatlyand when we are finished spraying . . .we turn it upside down and a table can still be used

my name is kylie johnsoni am an australian artist...designer... potter... poet...something or other....this space is for imagesand rambling words about . . . my business -PAPER BOAT PRESSthe ceramics i create poetry i writethe things i make

here i share news of my work,the studio i work in,the people i share my days with,and of those who inspire me here and there . . .

they can be purchased at book stores around australia,inmy online store,and in the USA atanthropologiefor personal reasons i have not added comments to this blog, but feel free to email. i receive a lot of emails at present so please be patient, i will respond as soon as i can